Hitching-post



(No Model.)-

G. WY. ERATH. HITGHING POST.

No. 487,727. Patented Deo. 13, 1892 iz 5* Y v y ..:zztm

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PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. ERATH, OF VVILKES-BARR, PENNSYLVANIA.

HITCHING-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,727, dated December 13, 1892.

Application filed March 19, 1892. Serial No. 425,609. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. ERATH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wilkes-Barr, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful HitchingPost, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bitching-posts; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts thereof, as will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of this invention is to so construct a hitchingpost as to prevent the same from being forced or lifted out of the ground by the action of frost, and also to provide a strong and durable construction, which will withstand heavy blows brought, to bear upon the same.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improved form of hitching-post. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same on the line ,Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the same ou the line y y, Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the body of the post, which is preferably formed of wroughtiron or tubular metal, and having thereon a cap 2, which may be formed of cast metal. To the lower end of the said body 1 is secured a metallic cross 3, having upper and lower screw-threaded branches and laterally-proj ectiu g branches of a similar character, and within said lateral branches are screwed nipples or arms 4, which set at right angles to the body of the post. To the lower end of the cross 3 is secured a short tube 5, similar in construction to the body of the post and of the same diameter. A T-joint 6 is attached to the lower end of the said tube 5, and in the lower branches thereof are inserted nipples 7, similar to those The nipples 4, supported by the cross 8, extend in a plane at right angles to the nipples carried by the 'i'- joint 6, and as said parts are arranged 1n transverse horizontal planes to the Vertical plane of the post they provide a secure anchorage for said post when properly set up iu position, as they exert a resistance in two directions. The tube 5 is of such length as to bring the T-joint 6 below the line of posts. By this means a tendency to raise or heave the post out of the ground by the action of frost will be resisted by the parts constructed and arranged as set forth.

By constructing the post-foot of gas-pipe I secure the necessary lateral expansion of the body of the foot and a greater purchase 011 the ground, while at the same time not materially increasing the weight of the foot. The cross 3 and T-joint 6 being arranged in horizontal planes at right angles to each other steady the post in a vertical position and furnish a sufcient barrier against any attempt to pull up or bend the post from its proper position. The cross 3, nipples et, tube 5, T-joint 6, and nipples 7 are each provided with threaded connections providing for a vertical and horizontal adjustment relative to each other to suit the conditions of the ground in which the post is placed and the circumstances of its use. One can grasp the T-joint 6 by the hand and use it as a lever to adjust the post-foot vertically.

In the upper part of the body 1, adjacent to the cap 2, is formed an opening or slot 8, which is longer than it is wide and which eX- tends transversely through said body aud receives a similarly-shaped shank 9 of an eye 10, which carries the bitching-ring 11, and on the opposite end of said shaft is secured a nut 12, which bears against the body of the post and clamps the said shank firmly in position. This construction prevents the said shank from turning in the post, and thereby always sustains the ring in position for engagement by a bitching-strap.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- In a post, the combination of a tubular body located above the ground, a hollow cross 3, connected thereto by screw-threads below the ground-level and having nipples 4, threaded in the cross, a tubular extension 5, connected by screw -threads to the lower part of said cross, and a T-connection 6, threaded to the lower part of said extension and having threaded nipples 7, projecting therefrom, the

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T-connection, with its nipples, extending In testimony that I claim the `foregoing as below the line of frost, both the cross and my ownlhave hereto aiiXed my signature in Io T-conneetion being arranged in horizontal the presence of two witnesses.

planes at an angle to each other and the sev- 5 eral parts of the foot composed of, the cross, ex- CHARLES XV ERATH tension,T-oonnection, and nipples being ad- Witnesses: justable in the manner and for the purpose FRANK DEITRICK,

substantially as described. J. E. WINTERMUTE. 

